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South Asia | India | Crimes

Can the Safecity app make Delhi safer for women?

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The Safecity app lets women share their stories of harassment and abuse in public spaces in cities. Elsa D’Silva, one of its founders, says that women can use it to report “what happened, where it happened and when it happened”. D’Silva started to form the idea for Safecity during a visit to Sweden where, having recently begun working on women’s issues following 20 years in the aviation industry, she met the founders of HarassMap – a project that, among other things, uses online and mobile technology to work towards ending sexual harassment and assault in Egypt. Shortly after D�
South Asia | India | Crimes

Women in India Are Turning into “Charlie’s Angels” to Fight Sexual Assault

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A New Delhi police force has a refreshing new tactic to combat sexual assault: a specially trained squad of karate-chopping policewomen, who hope to bring justice to the so-called "rape capital" of India. Their trainers call them "Charlie's Angels," and they're dedicated to cleaning up the capital's streets. The Angels: Led by policewoman Bharti Wadhwa and supported by Delhi police Chief Bhim Sain Bassi — who has been vocal about his commitment to Indian women's safety for years — this special unit of 40 women has been training in martial arts techniques for months. The squad's goal is
South Asia | India | Crimes

Sonia Gandhi writes to PM Modi on rise in incidents of atrocities against Dalits

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Congress President Sonia Gandhi on Monday wrote to Prime Minister Narendra Modi flagging the "distressing rise" in incidents of Dalit atrocities and demanded that a bill to prevent such crimes is brought in the monsoon session of Parliament next month. Referring to the incidents of Dalit atrocities in two-BJP ruled states Rajasthan and Maharashtra, the Congress President also alleged that the NDA government had "allowed" an ordinance, brought by UPA, to lapse and slammed it for not bringing a bill to replace it in the last budget session of parliament. Gandhi's letter to the Prime Minister
South Asia | India | Crimes

Government Finalises Guidelines For One-Stop Centres to Support Women Affected by Violence

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Government today finalised the guidelines for one-stop centres to be established across the country to provide integrated support and assistance to women affected by violence. In the first phase of the One Stop Centre (OSC) Scheme, being implemented using the Nirbhaya Fund, one such centre will be established in each State and Union Territory to facilitate access of women affected by gender-based violence to an integrated range of services including medical, legal, and psychological counselling. The OSC will be integrated with 181 and other existing helplines.
South Asia | India | Corruption

Marital rape? Marriage sacred in India, says government

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In a statement that could entangle the government in a major controversy and sully its image of a liberal, equitable democracy at the world forum, the government on Wednesday said the concept of marital rape cannot be applied in the Indian context as marriage is considered sacred here. "It is considered that the concept of marital rape, as understood internationally, cannot be suitably applied in the Indian context due to various factors, including level of education, illiteracy, poverty, myriad social customs and values, religious beliefs, mindset of the society to treat the marriage as a
South Asia | India | Crimes

Punjab: 14 year-old girl dies after being thrown off a moving bus for resisting molestaton

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A 14 year-old girl died and her mother is critically injured after being thrown off from a moving bus after they resisted molestation against the daughter, reports NDTV. The mother and daughter had boarded a private bus from Moga in Punjab. The bus was sparsely occupied at that time. The mother has claimed that after the bus covered around 10 kms, one passenger started misbehaving with the daughter. When she objected the man attacked her. The woman has said that she approached the bus conductor for help, but he too joined the attacker to abuse both the her and the daughter.
South Asia | India | Business

Security concerns lead to drop in women’s employment

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A study by the Associated Chambers of Commerce and Industry of India says that the number of employment opportunities for women has decreased in the last two years. The report blames the downturn on the economic slowdown, and safety and security concerns. The female workforce declined by 26.5 percent in sectors that require night shifts and in units which are located in the outskirts of major cities. Long hours of commuting is also a factor that deters women.
South Asia | India | Activism

Wearing All Pink, A Group Of Women In India Takes Justice Into Their Own Hands

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Everyone knew the old woman in the bright pink sari. Men on the streets stopped what they were doing to wave at her and maybe strike up a conversation, and women would come from nearby communities to seek her help. Sampat Pal Devi’s story traveled pretty quickly around the region, gaining a sort of mythic status: One day Pal came across a man mercilessly beating his wife and she took action. The next day, she came back with five other women wielding bamboo sticks (known as “lathis”) to teach him a lesson. Since 2006, Pal and her gang of local women have donned their pink saris (“
South Asia | India | Arts

Dharavi’s Women Artisans Have A Message – A Strong Message For All

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The atmosphere was charged with excitement; there was a great sense of achievement and triumph on everyone’s face. Women of all age groups and from different vocations and occupations – some were cooks, domestic workers, cleaners, seamstresses, homemakers and, of course, school- and college-going students – cheerfully welcomed visitors and enthusiastically explained their creations on display. “I have embroidered this sari myself and even modelled it for a special photo shoot,” remarked a proud Nirmala Panjabi, 40, pointing to her life-sized picture that showed off a pure silk green
South Asia | India | Crimes

Six endeavours of Delhi Police to keep women safe

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Delhi Police is making all out efforts to ensure women safety in the national capital where according to a report, one woman is abducted in every two hours. Another police report says, in 2014 Delhi has witnessed 18.3 percent increase in crime against women as compared to 2013. Also, 2014 saw a significant 31.6 percent rise in the number of rape cases. With so many cases happening around, not a single woman feels safe in the national capital. But, women safety has always been the top priority of the Delhi Police which devised six avenues for them in distress. Police Assistance – 100
South Asia | India | Crimes

Indian Woman Drags Her Sexual Attacker By The Hair To Police Like A Boss

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Imagine walking through a train platform on an average afternoon. You're a woman, a student at the local university, and surrounded by strangers. A man reeking of alcohol comes up to you, and grabs you. You live in a country where rape happens 92 times a day — victims are too scared to come forward and the police are too stretched thin to doing anything about it. Instead of coming to your aid, onlookers nearby watch, and do nothing to stop it. Well, that's what happened to Pradnya Mandhare. A man allegedly sexually assaulted her at a Mumbai, India train station. Left to fend for herself

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